One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him: ‘Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.’ (Luke 11:1)
Two thousand years ago, the disciples welcomed Jesus back from his regular time and place of prayer with one of the greatest questions of all time: ‘Lord,’ one of them said, ‘teach us to pray.’ His response to that simple, humble request was astonishingly generous. He didn’t make them feel small. He didn’t say, ‘You really ought to know by now.’
Instead he gave them the greatest prayer in world history. These were men who would go on to have extraordinary prayer lives. They would intercede until buildings shook. They would spring Peter from a high-security jail by the power of prayer. Their very shadows and handkerchiefs would sometimes heal the sick.
… Prayer had to be learned the hard way, and their schooling was to begin on a particular day with this simple, touchingly vulnerable request: ‘Lord, teach us to pray.’ And so, of course, he did. (From: Pete Greig: “How to Pray: A Simple Guide for Normal People” 2019)
We’re going to work our way through this very same prayer over eight weeks through the ‘Prayer Course’ presented by Pete Greig. You can check it out yourself if you wish: prayercourse.org
